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Bach in the City: New Chicago Festival Debuts in March

The festival’s premiere concert will be held at Lincoln Park’s historic St. Vincent de Paul Church.

Keegan MorrisOctober 21, 2021

Stream 10 Hilarious Studs Conversations With Top Comedians & Humorists

Associated PressOctober 21, 2021

Canadian Wins 18th Chopin International Piano Competition

Woman in colorful robe and jade colored earrings against stone wall

Associated PressOctober 19, 2021

Anna Netrebko needs shoulder surgery, cancels performances

Video Premiere: Exciting Brass Ensemble The Westerlies Plays ‘This is Water’

Keegan MorrisApril 28, 2023

How a speech by David Foster Wallace inspired a new triptych for brass quartet.

Harry Belafonte holds a microphone in front of a blue wall

Harry Belafonte, activist and entertainer, dies at 96

Associated PressApril 25, 2023

Belafonte stands as the model and the epitome of the celebrity activist. Few kept up with his time and commitment and none his stature as a meeting point among Hollywood, Washington and the civil rights movement.

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Can’t Carry a Tune? Regardless of Skill, Singing Has Surprising Benefits

Adela Skowronski

Musicality aside, all of us (instrumentalists and vocalists alike) derive pleasure from singing along to our favorite tunes, even if it’s only done entirely alone…

From 2013: Legendary Chicagoan Timuel Black Reflects on Studs Terkel

WFMTOctober 13, 2021

Timuel Black, who died on October 13, 2021 at age 102, lived a truly extraordinary life. Hear an excerpt of a 2013 WFMT interview with the influential historian, activist, veteran, and teacher.

Stutzmann to follow Spano as Atlanta Symphony music director

Associated PressOctober 13, 2021

Nathalie Stutzmann becomes the second woman to lead a major American orchestra.

Through the Night with Peter van de Graaff